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Video Games Conquer The Elderly
bedake writes "The New York Times has up an article discussing the increase in retired people getting interested in online computer games. 'PopCap Games in Seattle, the maker of the diversions so popular at St. Mary, says its games have been downloaded more than 200 million times since the company was founded in 2000. A spokesman said that the company was stunned by results of a customer survey last year: 71 percent of its players were older than 40, 47 percent were older than 50, and 76 percent of PopCap players were women.' The piece goes on to discuss the popularity of the Wii console, as well, a subject discussed on Slashdot before."
Since when is 40 "elderly?" There are lots of people of retirement age who play games like those made by PopCap and who play on pogo.com and like sites. In fact, the article focuses mainly on people who are over 60.
Yet the quote for the article summary is a survey done on age brackets at 40 and 50 - hardly people who could be called "elderly".
ACs are modded -6. I don't read you, I don't mod you, I don't see you. Don't like it? Don't be a coward.
Hopefully, we'll stop having to hear these assholes talk about how the Wii is "kiddy". People will come to their senses and realize that by "kiddy" they simply mean, "not between the ages of 12 and 18", which makes the other consoles look a mite immature by comparison.
Multiplayer Gaming (defined): Sitting around, discussing single-player games with my friends, at the bar.
I can't wait until I'm elderly and in a nursing home with a computer and internet connection. It will be nothing but gaming all day and all night ("all night" being 4pm-8pm). And I'll have someone to bring me food and clean up after me. It will be just like NES years. Only with more organ failure.